口译达人必“背”:中国成语英译31
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2011-04-10 08:30
南辕北辙
cross purposes:The salesmen were working at cross purposes with their supervisor.
病从口入祸从口出
Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it.
笑里藏刀
a smile to hide one's hate
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
Where there's life there's hope
海底捞月
to fish in the air
海底捞针
差之毫厘失之千里
A miss is as good as a mile
既往不咎
Let the dead bury their dead.
杀身成仁
to sacrifice one's life to preserve one's virtue complete
杀鸡焉用牛刀
Take not a musket to kill a butterfly
小Car笔记:
a bundle of:一捆(一扎,一包)
as good as:和 ... 几乎一样
virtue:德行,贞操,美德 【常用短语】①public virtue 公德 ②make a virtue of necessity 把非做不可的事装成出于好心才做的 ③of easy virtue 不贞节的,水性扬花的